"But if you're a whale - or someone who studies whales - it becomes clear that they have their own dialects."

A live link-up will give local audiences an ocean eye view of scientists studying grey whales off the Mexican coast.

"The idea behind this is that usually, when you study whales by introducing artificial things into their environment, you change their behavior," said Dr. Harvey.

Dr. Amanda Macy, who studies whales using sea lions with strapped-on video cameras, allows herself to actually see the creature firsthand.

Mr. Sturgis compiled three months of videotape - detailed images that researchers said have revolutionized how they study whales.

She is going to study whales as part of her research.

Ros was the first to use a detection dog to study whales through their faeces.

When he'd been studying right whales in the North Atlantic, Nate had sometimes waited weeks before he found a whale to study.

After spending a season as a whaling inspector, he joined the national Institute of Oceanography (1955-61) where he studied whales.

I did not always study whales.